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Has anyone been able to solve this? VMdirectpath Passthrough of HP SATA/SAS controller.
I'm trying to do the same. HP GEN8 P420 controller passthrough (vmdirectpath) is enabled. DSM does not see any (4xWD Red) drives.

Figured it out
With the hardware set to my 1st config
- B120i controller, each drive independent Raid 0. ( I know, This controller has weird settings )
- ESXi loads off the 16GB MicroSD. Expenology loads from the VM-Datastore
But no drives/volumes were showing up in DSM
The problem was
The ' VM setup ' kept switching the SCSI Controller back to "LSI Logic SAS',
So after saving the initial VM configuration, I went back into settings and changed the controller to Paravirtual and Physical
Then, I needed to mount the physical drives through RDM but they were not taking with the
" t10.ATA.**** " links.
Example:
vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/"t10.ATA.__________________52ebd00000000000000000000 RDM0-WD2DWCAY00000000.vmdk -a lsilogic
So I tried the vml.000**** links:
Example:
vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/vml.0200000000600508b1001c1152ebd00000000000000000000 RDM0-WD2DWCAY00000000.vmdk -a lsilogic
and those stuck.
Now Both Diskstations run.
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I am now trying to figure out how to change the MAC Address and Serial number in the 2 Xpenology boxes I have built so they don't conflict on my network.
The 4.3 build image gives the same MAC to every installation so these will not work on the same network till I figure this out.
Environment:
Equipment
HP MicroServer GEN 8
RAM____________ HP 16GB
CPU____________ Intel G1610T
MicroSD ________ Sandisk 16GB________ESXi 5.5 OS
Controller_______SATA __B120i__ACHI Mode
Disk-0 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data
Disk-1 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data
Disk-2 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data
Disk-3 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data
Disk-4 HDD___________Seagate 500GB______50GB VM-Datastore
Any help you be greatly appreciated.

I did choose that option ...
Post or PM me your VMX file (about 3Kb in size) ... I'm sure I'll then easily spot the configuration difference.
Otherwise, the only other option is that the machine you're running ESXi on has some other failure (hardware, or virtualization failure).
Tuatara
I have run out of options. My DSM does not see any Disks, Volues
VM loads and DSM runs, But no storage devices of any kind in Storage Manager.
Build 4.3 v1.1
Config:
HP Proliant Gen 8
16gb DDR
Intel G1610 CPU
4 x WD-RE4 RDM's Separate SCSI Channel
Would you look at my VMX?
Thanks
Synology-DiskStation.zip